Detroit Lions Strategy And Personnel 9-13-11
Louis Delmas suffered a hip pointer on the last play of the game. He said on Monday that he was fine and didn't expect to miss any time this week.
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Louis Delmas suffered a hip pointer on the last play of the game. He said on Monday that he was fine and didn't expect to miss any time this week.
Lions brought down to the earth Monday. The players knew it was coming. They may have won the season-opener in Tampa on Sunday, but they didn't win any favors from the coaching staff.
Despite a Detroit Lions win Sunday, coach Jim Schwartz still wants to see more from his team.
Josh Freeman felt helpless watching Detroit's offense move up and down the field on Tampa Bay's reeling defense. By the time the Buccaneers offense finally got rolling against the improved Lions, it was too late.
The Lions had two big concerns coming out of training camp - stopping the run and running the ball.
In past years, the Lions would be looking to pick up the pieces entering Week 2. This year, all they need to do is clean up some loose ends after a mostly impressive 27-20 opening week win at Tampa Bay.
In a sense, the Lions had little to gain and much to lose on their trip to Tampa Bay Sunday.
It was an awesome weekend for sports in Michigan! Every single sports team won (put your hand down, CMU)! But I am going to focus on the NFL. We're off:
The Detroit Lions win their season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27-20 on Sunday.
The Detroit Lions have ruled cornerback Alphonso Smith out for Sunday's season opener at Tampa Bay.
Earlier today, rumors swirled around the Internet that LeGarrette Blount had called out Ndamukong Suh on Blount's Facebook page.
Dominic Raiola along with Matthew Stafford, Jason Hanson and Vanden Bosch were named the Lions team captains today by Jim Schwartz.
Nate Burleson is looking forward to his matchup with Bucs veteran CB Ronde Barber. "I played against Ronde my rookie year in 2002 and I remember he jammed me up," he said "I was thinking to myself, 'I am doing all right if I'm getting jammed up by Ronde Barber.
Lions coach Jim Schwartz, perhaps trying to stamp out a fire before it sparks, huddled his team at midfield early in practice on Thursday.
The main theme at Lions practice on Thursday seemed to be two-fold.
